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Santa Ana Active Streets <br />Contact: info@saascoalition.org I www.saascoalition.org 1 714-679-3970 <br />August 27, 2015 <br />City Mayor, City Council, City Manager <br />Santa Ana City Council <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />council@santa-ana.org <br />SANTA ANA ACTIVE <br />Dear Mayor Pulido; Councilmembers Amezcua, Benavides, Martinez, Reyna, Sarmiento, and <br />Tinajero; and City Manager Cavazos: <br />The City of Santa Ana has demonstrated excellent leadership in promoting Complete <br />Streets policies in efforts to increase the safety of all people. This has been shown with the <br />work being done on the Downtown Santa Ana Complete Streets Plan, Santa Ana Safe <br />Mobility Plan, and the city's support of the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Mayors' <br />Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets." We are thrilled to work with a city council that <br />shares our values in access to safe active transportation. Yet, we recently learned about the <br />Warner Avenue Widening Project, and this has raised concerns in regards to the safety and <br />health of our community. This letter will address the need for responsible <br />development in favor of creating safer and healthier streets for all users. This letter <br />also includes alternative street design recommendations that are endorsed by SAAS. <br />The Santa Ana Active Streets (SAAS) coalition is comprised of local residents and <br />organizations that work together to cultivate diverse community participation in creating a <br />safe and accessible environment for active transportation in Santa Ana. We envision Santa <br />Ana transformed as a place where families and youth creatively participate in the planning <br />and decision-making process of a connected network of sidewalks, streets, and trails that <br />promote healthy lifestyles. This is a community where biking and walking are embraced as <br />legitimate, everyday modes of transportation in an environment that is clean, safe, and <br />thriving with green streets. <br />"Cultivating diverse community participation in creating a safe and accessible environmentfor active <br />transportation in Santa Ana." <br />3a <br />